Fate for Breakfast

Fate for Breakfast
Studio album by Art Garfunkel
Released	March 15, 1979
Recorded	1979
Genre	Soft rock
Length	36:44
Label	Columbia
Producer	Louie Shelton (except "Bright Eyes" produced by Mike Batt)
Art Garfunkel chronology
Watermark (1978) Fate for Breakfast (1979) Scissors Cut (1981)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(Not Favorable)[2]

Fate for Breakfast is the fourth solo studio album by Art Garfunkel released in March 1979 on Columbia Records. It was his first album to miss the U.S. Billboard Top 40 and his first album containing no U.S. Top 40 singles. However, the European release of the album does include a different version of the song "Bright Eyes", which was featured in the film version of the novel Watership Down, and reached the number-one spot in the United Kingdom, and became the biggest selling single of 1979 there. Likewise, the album itself garnered international success, reaching the top-ten in some European countries. The album was issued in five different sleeves, each with a different shot of Art Garfunkel at the breakfast table.

Track listing

Side 1:

1. "In a Little While (I'll Be on My Way)" (Dennis Belfield) – 3:27
2. "Since I Don't Have You" (Joseph Rock, Jimmy Beaumont, Lenny Martin) – 3:39
3. "And I Know" (Michael Sembello, David Batteau) – 3:40
4. "Sail on a Rainbow" (Stephen Bishop) – 3:45
5. "Miss You Nights" (Dave Townsend) – 3:47

Side 2:

1. "Bright Eyes" (Mike Batt) – 4:00 — (Not included on U.S. album release)
2. "Finally Found a Reason" (Sembello, Batteau, Craig Bickhardt, Rick Bell) – 2:41
3. "Beyond the Tears" (Jeffrey Comanor, Robert Gundry) – 3:53
4. "Oh How Happy" (Charles Hatcher) – 2:41
5. "When Someone Doesn't Want You" (Jeffrey Staton) – 3:34
6. "Take Me Away" (Grant Gullickson, Lance Gullickson) – 4:04

Personnel

• Art Garfunkel – vocals, harmony vocals
• Penny Nichols – background vocals
• Stephen Bishop – guitar, background vocals
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
• Rob Mounsey – synthesizer, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Oberheim
• Tom Scott – tenor saxophone
• Chris Spedding – guitar
• Leah Kunkel – background vocals
• Gene Page – arranger
• Simon Phillips – drums
• Louie Shelton – electric guitar
• Billy Alessi – background vocals
• Bobby Alessi – background vocals
• Maxine Anderson – background vocals
• Michael Baird – drums
• Dennis Belfield – bass
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion
• Ray Cooper – percussion
• Carolyn Dennis – background vocals
• Alan Estes – percussion
• Lyle Forman – percussion
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Jim Gilstrap – background vocals
• Roland Harker – guitar
• DeLisle Harper – bass
• Lyle Harper – bass
• Les Hurdle – bass
• Neil Jason – bass
• Neil Johnson – bass
• Larry Knechtel – piano
• Hugh McCracken – electric guitar
• Roy J. Morgan – drums
• Del Newman – string arrangement
• Lee Ritenour – electric guitar
• Larry Rolando – acoustic and electric guitar
• Edwin Roxburgh – bass
• Jeffrey Staton – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Richard Tee – electric piano
• Richie Zito – electric guitar

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1979) Position Australian Kent Music Report Chart[3] 3 Austrian Albums Chart[4] 24 Canadian RPM Albums Chart[5] 66 Dutch Mega Albums Chart[6] 1 New Zealand Albums Chart [7] 1 Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[8] 9 Swedish Albums Chart[9] 7 Swiss Albums Chart[10] 10 UK Albums Chart [11] 2 U.S. Billboard 200 [12] 67 West German Media Control Albums Chart [13] 6

Year-end charts Chart (1979) Position Australian Albums Chart[3] 24 UK Albums Chart[14] 31 Certifications Region Certification United Kingdom (BPI)[15] Platinum

References

1. Ruhlmann, William. Fate for Breakfast at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
2. Tucker, Ken (1979-06-28), "Music Reviews : Fate for Breakfast by Art Garfunkel", Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 2008-05-09, retrieved 2008-05-09
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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